{
  "id": 14427690,
  "title": "Six killed, including three children, as residential building collapses in Cairo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/six-killed-including-three-children-as-residential-building-collapses",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T10:12:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/six-killed-including-three-children-as-residential-building-collapses-in-cairo-1.500710036"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At least six people, including three children, lost their lives on Wednesday when a residential building in Cairo's Hadayek Al Qobba district collapsed. This prompted an extensive rescue operation with civil defence teams scouring the rubble for potential victims. Emergency services, ambulances, and heavy machinery were dispatched to the site on Al Khaleej Street following reports of the collapse. Six bodies were recovered from the debris, while seven injured individuals, including a child, were transported to Al Zaytoun Specialist Hospital for medical attention. Neighboring buildings were evacuated as a precaution and gas, electricity, and water supplies were cut off to avert further risks. The structure, erected in the 1950s, was a five-story building with a concrete frame, comprising a ground floor and four upper floors separated by load-bearing walls. Engineering teams inspected the structural integrity of nearby buildings and provided temporary steel supports to structures that had been evacuated. Egyptian prosecutors initiated an investigation and established an engineering committee to determine the collapse's cause, reviewing the building's structural history, previous repairs, and demolition orders. The inquiry will also involve interviewing witnesses and survivors as the rescue teams continue their search for any remaining missing individuals.",
  "summary": "Dubai: At least six people, including three children, were killed and seven others injured when an occupied residential building collapsed in Cairo early on Wednesday, Egyptian media reported. The five-storey building collapsed in the Hadayek Al Qobba district, prompting a major rescue operation as civil defence teams searched through the rubble for people feared trapped. Get updated faster and…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}